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by garryc
Sat Apr 12, 2008 9:37 pm
Forum: General Recording
Topic: External Hard Drives - Typical Life Expectancy?
Replies: 22
Views: 1497

Wiebetech Drive Docks

I have had better luck using WiebeTech Drive docks w/bare drives (Combo dock & Firewire Drive docks) over using external drives. Every external drive I have has failed at one point or another. I suspect that some of the external drives I have used don't keep the drives as cool as the Wiebetech s...
by garryc
Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:50 pm
Forum: General Recording
Topic: Recording a jazz trombone
Replies: 8
Views: 576

Another use: The traveling soundman for Herbie Hancock/Wayne Shorter was using the R121 on Wayne's soprano saxophone in a live concert.

Garry
by garryc
Sun Oct 28, 2007 10:32 pm
Forum: General Recording
Topic: Transfering DATs to Mac
Replies: 6
Views: 414

how old is your mac?

How old is your mac? If it's a newer one, don't they have an optical SPDIF i/o? If that's the case, you could bypass the Art USB Phono device, and use a AES/EBU to optical SPDIF converter. Check for those by HOSA or Midiman/M-Audio. Another thing to check for: how does the Art USB phono device switc...
by garryc
Tue Dec 28, 2004 1:16 pm
Forum: General Recording
Topic: Anyone digitizing vinyl to disk?
Replies: 4
Views: 811

Re: Anyone digitizing vinyl to disk?

I've used a preamp by Rolls (www.rolls.com) and have gotten good results. Another possible solution I heard of (I haven't tried it, though) is to digitize WITHOUT a phono preamp, then use a Waves equalization plugin to apply the RIAA curve to the signal. I was told that the Waves plug-in have the RI...